Live countdown
Days until May Day
There are 224 days until May Day on Saturday, 1 May 2027. The live counter below updates every second in your browser.
May 1 is May Day — International Workers' Day in most of the world, and a spring festival in many older European traditions.
- 01It became Labour Day in 1889 to commemorate the Haymarket affair.
- 02Over 80 countries recognise it as a public holiday.
- 03The maypole tradition predates it by centuries.
Common questions
How many days until May Day?
224 days as of today. May Day falls on Saturday, 1 May 2027. The live counter above updates every second and rolls to the next occurrence automatically after the date passes.
What day of the week does May Day fall on?
May Day is on a Saturday this year (Saturday, 1 May 2027).
Which timezone does the countdown use?
Your local timezone, detected automatically from your browser. The counter ticks down to your local midnight, so a viewer in Sydney and a viewer in Los Angeles see slightly different remaining seconds at the same moment — which is what most people actually want.